Aqbat Jabr refugee camp

E557059

Palestinian refugee camp human settlement

Aqbat Jabr refugee camp is a large Palestinian refugee camp near Jericho in the West Bank, established for refugees from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and now functioning as a densely populated urban community.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Aqbat Jabr refugee camp canonical	1
Ein as-Sultan refugee camp	1
ʿAqbat Jabr refugee camp	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5942104 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aqbat Jabr refugee camp
Context triple: [Jericho Governorate, containsRefugeeCamp, Aqbat Jabr refugee camp]

A. Al-Arroub refugee camp
Al-Arroub refugee camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern West Bank that houses refugees and their descendants displaced since the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
B. Qalqilya refugee camp
Qalqilya refugee camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located near the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, housing refugees and their descendants displaced since the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
C. Jabalia refugee camp
Jabalia refugee camp is one of the largest and most densely populated Palestinian refugee camps in the northern Gaza Strip, frequently affected by conflict and humanitarian crises.
D. Khan Yunis refugee camp
Khan Yunis refugee camp is a densely populated Palestinian refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, established for refugees from the 1948 Arab–Israeli war and now one of the area’s largest and most impoverished communities.
E. Jenin refugee camp
Jenin refugee camp is a densely populated Palestinian refugee camp in the northern West Bank, known for its longstanding refugee community and its role in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Aqbat Jabr refugee camp
Target entity description: Aqbat Jabr refugee camp is a large Palestinian refugee camp near Jericho in the West Bank, established for refugees from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and now functioning as a densely populated urban community.

A. Al-Arroub refugee camp
Al-Arroub refugee camp is a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern West Bank that houses refugees and their descendants displaced since the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
B. Qalqilya refugee camp
Qalqilya refugee camp is a Palestinian refugee camp located near the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, housing refugees and their descendants displaced since the 1948 Arab–Israeli war.
C. Jabalia refugee camp
Jabalia refugee camp is one of the largest and most densely populated Palestinian refugee camps in the northern Gaza Strip, frequently affected by conflict and humanitarian crises.
D. Khan Yunis refugee camp
Khan Yunis refugee camp is a densely populated Palestinian refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, established for refugees from the 1948 Arab–Israeli war and now one of the area’s largest and most impoverished communities.
E. Jenin refugee camp
Jenin refugee camp is a densely populated Palestinian refugee camp in the northern West Bank, known for its longstanding refugee community and its role in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Palestinian refugee camp ⓘ human settlement ⓘ
administeredBy	Palestinian National Authority ⓘ linked to: Palestinian Authority UNRWA ⓘ
country	State of Palestine ⓘ
foundedFor	Palestinian refugees ⓘ refugees from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
governedAsPartOf	Area A of the West Bank ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Aqbat Jabr Camp ⓘ ʿAqbat Jabr refugee camp ⓘ linked to: Aqbat Jabr refugee camp
hasCharacteristic	densely populated ⓘ urban community ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalCondition	arid climate ⓘ hot summers ⓘ mild winters ⓘ
hasHousingType	concrete shelters ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	Dead Sea region ⓘ linked to: Dead Sea shore
hasOriginalShelterType	barracks ⓘ tents ⓘ
hasPopulationType	registered Palestinian refugees ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
hasRefugeePopulationFrom	villages depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ
hasReligion	Islam (majority) ⓘ
hasRoadConnectionTo	Jericho ⓘ
hasService	UNRWA health center ⓘ UNRWA schools ⓘ linked to: UNRWA electricity network ⓘ water supply network ⓘ
hasUse	refugee housing ⓘ residential ⓘ
inception	1948 ⓘ
locatedBelowSeaLevel	yes ⓘ
locatedIn	Jericho Governorate ⓘ State of Palestine ⓘ West Bank ⓘ
locatedInGeographicRegion	Jordan Valley ⓘ
locatedInTerritoryWithStatus	Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	UTC+02:00 ⓘ
locatedNear	Jericho ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	UTC+03:00 ⓘ
partOf	Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank ⓘ
partOfConflictContext	Israeli–Palestinian conflict ⓘ linked to: Arab–Israeli conflict
subjectOf	UNRWA reports ⓘ humanitarian assessments ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jericho Governorate → containsRefugeeCamp → Aqbat Jabr refugee camp ⓘ

Jericho Governorate → containsRefugeeCamp → Ein as-Sultan refugee camp ⓘ

linked to: Aqbat Jabr refugee camp

Aqbat Jabr refugee camp → hasAlternativeName → ʿAqbat Jabr refugee camp ⓘ